Happy Monday, Athletics Nation!
And happy trails to Sean Manaea. However he feels about being traded to the Padres yesterday, it has to be of some comfort to move in tandem with Bob Melvin, who has mentored Sean through his entire six-year big league career so far. Reactions to the trade poured in on Sunday from coaches new and old along with baseball’s intelligentsia.
The Padres’ new skipper was enthusiastic about Manaea joining him in San Diego:
“He’s a terrific teammate. I’ve always called him the world’s best teammate.